Land leveler



March 25 1924.

J. H. CORBITT LAND LEVELER Filed April 25, 1921 Patented Mar. 25, 1%24.

J'MES'E. CORBITT, OF SOLOMONVILLE, ARIZONA.

LAND 'LEVELER.

Application'filed April 25,

To aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that 1, James H. Gonnrr'r, acitizen of the United States, residing at Sololnonville in the county ofGraham and State of Arizona, have invented certain newand usefulImprovements in Land Leve lers, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in land levelers,and the primary object is to provide an improved device of thischaracter which is so designed as to be reversed for use as a. landpressing device when desired. A further object of the invention residesin providing a blade which is revolubly mounted soas to be disposedforuse as'a lGVGlQ-l or presser at will. 7

Still another object of the invention re.- sides in providing'manualmeans for the actuation of the blade so to dispose'the same to variousangles in operation.

With these and other objects in view my invention consists in the novelfeatures of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as willbe hereinafterreferred to and more particularly pointed out: in thespecification and claims. V In the accompanying drawing forming a partof this'app'licatiomf Figure lis'a perspective view of the deviceconstructed in accordance with my invention; and r V Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section therethrough. 7 In describing the invention I shallrefer to the drawing in which simila reference characters designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which 5designates a pair of side pieces or runners which are of considerablelength and are braced and held together at their rear ends by means oftransverse bracing bar 6 and are held together at their front ends bymeans of a pair of bracing bars or beamsfli, said bars being spaced .a.considerable distance above thesurfa-ce of the ground to be', held inits adjusted position by means of. the lever. 14:. and the bearingfmember 16: as clearly shown, and by dispo-sing the lever. to

[an upward position the 'bladef ma j 'tirely revolve 1 so as to form aland and "when in. this position the'b-lade will leveled. Mounted on thebar 7 isastand boa d 8 whereby the operator of the device may applylflsweightto the leveler. h

Qecured tothe inner and outerfacesof the runners or side p ieces'b arethe angular metal bearing plates 9. and revolubly mounted in the sidepieces and in the bearing. lates is a shaft 10 which is held inpla'ce inany preferred manner. Secured to the'revoluble shaft 10 is an arcuateblade 11 which 1921. Serial No. 464,282.

has both edges thereof beveled to form cutting or'engaging edges, asclearly shown at.

12. In the particular position of the blade as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 ofthe drawing the concaved face of said blade fa-ces forwardly when thedevice 1sbe1ng used as a" leveler,

and when the shaft 10 is revolved to dispose The metal bearing plates 9'project up' i wardly against the upper edge of the runners or sidepieces 5, and revolubly mounted therein 'is an additional shaft 13. Re-

movably bolted to the shaft 13 is a lever 14,

tact with the face of the blade 11, as clearly shown in Figg2lof thedrawing. A handle l5'is provided on the lever to actuate the same and anadditional bearingmember 16 the lower end of which isadap-ted to eon-lisremovably secured to the shaft 13 which stand-board 8 and aspring'detent 18 car- V .ried'on-the lever 14c is adapted to engages-aidrack so as to retain the lever and correspondsingly theblade'in anyadjusted position.)

ll hen in the position shown in'fthedraw-l ing the blade 11 willengage'with the ground v and will drag the dirt and the dirtwill col-.lecit' in front of the blade and between the front ends of therunners,-'saidbladefo-rm ing with said runners ajreceptacle, which willhold the load of dirt untila depression is reached and the load will beautomatically discharged into said depressionand the same will be filledup and the ground leveled. The blade may befadjusted to the desiredangle so as to properly'dischargethe load. 7

Asbeforetated the runners are of considthus conducing u): a Vsnooth'andjsteady erable' length so that'inlpassing over uneven movementof theleveler. The-blade will be .joresser 1 which will elimi- From theforegoing description of the construction of my improved device, theoperation thereof will be readily understood, and it will be seen that Ihave provided a simple,

inexpensive and efficient means for carrying out the objects of theinvention.

While I have particularly described the elements best adapted to performthe functions set forth, it is ob ious that various changes in the form,proportion and in the minor details of construction may be resorted towithout depar -..g from the spirit or sacrificing any of the principlesof the invention.

hat I claim is:

1. A device of the character described including a pair of groundengaging parallel side runners, a shaft extending transversely of therunners, a blade secured to the shaft and adapted to have either of itslongitudinal edges disposed in contact with the ground, said blade whenin one of said positions forming with the runners aload carryingreceptacle in front of the blade and means for retaining the blade incontacting relation to the ground when in either of said positions.

2. A land leveler comprising side runners spaced apart, a bladerevolubly mounted between the runners and forming with the runners infront of the blade a load carrying receptacle, a lever fulcrumed on saidrunners, and having its one end in frictional contact With said blade toactuate the same to various positions, and means for locking said leverin various adjusted positions.

3. A land leveler comprising side runners, a blade revolubly mountedbetween them and forming with the runners load carrying receptacle infront of the blade, said blade being capable of use as a scoop blade inone position and as a pressing device when disposed to another position,a lever fulcrumed on said frame and having its oneend in frictionalengagement with said blade, and means for locking said lever in itsvarious adjusted positions.

l. A land leveler comprising long side runners, a blade revolublymounted between them, and forming with the runners a load car 'yingreceptacle, said blade being capable of use as a scoop blade whendisposed in one position and adapted for use as a pressing device whendisposed in another position, a lever fulcrumed on said frame in a planeabove said blade and having its lower end adapted for frictionalengagement with said blade to retain the latter in its adjustedpositions, and means for locking said lever in its adjusted positions. I

5. A land leveler comprising side runners, a blade revolubly mountedbetween them, forming a receptacle in front of the blade, a shaftrotatably mounted on said franiie in a plane above the horizontal planeof the axis of said blade, a lever removably secured to said shaft andhaving one end hereof adapted for frictional contact with said bladeabove itsrevoluble axis, a bearing member carried on said shaft adaptedfor contact with said blade, and means for locking said lever in itsVarious adjusted positions.

6. A land leveler comprising side runners, an arcuate transverse bladerevolnbly mounted between them, intermediate their ends.

3 thereon, said blade being adapted for use as a scoop blade whendisposed in one position and adapted for use as a pressing device whenrevolved to another position, a shaft rotatably mounted in said frame ina plane above the horizontal plane of the axis of said blade, a leverremovably secured intermediate of its ends on said shaf and having itslower and adapted for frictional contact with said blade to limit themovement of the latter in one direction, a bearing member removablycarried on said shaft and adapted also to contact with said blade, andmeans for locking the said lever and correspond ingly said blade invarious adjusted positions.

In testimony whereof I afiiz: my signature.

JAMES H. CORBITT.

and having double enga ing edges

